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Lord Nathaniel Charles Rothschild, also known as Jacob, OM, GBE is the Founding Partner and Chairman of Spencer House Capital Management LLP. Lord Rothschild co-founded Spencer House Capital in 2006. Lord Rothschild founded RIT Capital Partners plc in 1988 and has been its Chairman and Executive Director since 1988. He serves as Chairman of Nominations Committee and Chairman of JRCM. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Five Arrows Limited. Lord. Rothschild also serves ... as the Chairman and Executive Director of J. Rothschild group of companies. He was a Co-Founder of J Rothschild Assurance and St. James’s Place Plc/Swiss Re. Lord Rothschild co-founded companies in the fields of money management, insurance and investment, for example Global Asset Management Limited. He began his career at N M Rothschild & Sons, where he subsequently ran the corporate finance department. He left N M Rothschild & Sons in 1980. He serves as a Director of J. Rothschild Capital Management Limited. Lord Rothschild serves as a Director of Renshaw Bay. He serves as a Member of Strategic Advisory Board at Genie Energy Ltd. He serves as Member of the International Advisory Board at The Blackstone Group L.P. and previously served as its Director. Lord Rothschild serves as the Vice Chairman Emeritus of Compagnie Financiere Saint-Honore. He serves as a Trustee at the Courtauld Institute, the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the Qatar Museum Authority. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery from 1985 to 1991. He served as Deputy Chairman of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc since November 17, 2003. Lord Rothschild served as Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc from November 17, 2003 to September 26, 2008 and its Senior Independent Non-Executive Director from November 17, 2003 to June 12, 2007 and Independent Non-Executive Director from June 12, 2007 to September 26, 2008. He served as Independent Director of RHJ International SA since April 1, 2005. He served as Director of The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group. Along with his career in finance, he has been involved in public service including the arts, heritage and philanthropy. Lord Rothschild attended the University of Oxford.

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